USMC 100604: ""The Sunken Fleet""

Item Description
Title
USMC 100604: ""The Sunken Fleet""

Citation information
USMC 100604: ""The Sunken Fleet"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2992/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100604

Decade
1940

Description
Edited and narrated film covering salvage of French merchant fleet ships destroyed by German forces during World War II. The film follows French engineering commissions from the Maritime Service, as well as their allied force support, as they repair and re-float the vessels. Beginning in 1944, these efforts involved assessing damage of the sunken vessels, patching hulls, draining interior flooding, and finally resurfacing. The film concludes by explaining how the ships are sent to dry docks for full repair and restoration before rejoining the active fleet.

Location(s)
France

Camera crew
Maurice Thery; Pierre Bachelet; Louis Pasquier and Roger-Roger; Gregory Abbott; Dena Burger

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Film date (note)
Probably produced around 1945.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
340

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Content may be protected by copyright.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/25/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
09:47

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II